Today, at 2:45PM I had an exceptional experience observing an Orange-crowned
Warbler feeding with a Winter Wren on a suet feeder at Quogue Wildlife Refuge
while tying my X-country ski boots on. At 4PM, we (Julia Hryvniak and me)
observed another (saw two on our way to Quogue in Easport) Wilson's Snipe in
the outflow of the pond at the Refuge S. of the dam with the boardwalk. It
seems like in winter, when standing freshwater is frozen to the shore, the
Snipes are limited to flowing freshwater (not frozen) that has saturated mucky
substrate exposed. Both the locations where we observed W. Snipe today were
estuarine with fluctuating fresh/brackish water velocity and elevation.
In addition to the Warbler, there were Red-winged Blackbirds and Brown Headed
Cowbirds eating the mixed seed at the Refuge feeders.
Peter Priolo
Center Moriches
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